* What a privilege and an experience it was to participate in a prioatissimum in Kelsen’s home!

** Luis Recasens Siches related that when Kelsen lectured at the Universidad Nacional de Mexico, some 3,000 people came. While they were looking for the largest auditorium to seat so many, Kelsen, moved by such popularity, said that he could not understand that there were 3,000 people in Mexico who were interested in the Pure Theory of Law, certainly an abstract and difficult topic. This Recas6ns Siches explained by the fact that all lawyers were exposed to Kelsen’s theory in at least five courses: introduction to law, general theory of the state, constitutional law, International law, and legal philosophy. He added that Latin American jurists could be classified in three groups: fanatical Kelsenists, fanatical anti-Kelsenists, and a middle group of critical disciples to which he (Recasens Siches) himself belonged. “So do I,” answered Kelsen with a smile.